40+ lbs with 12 Plants in 2 Rooms on a Flip

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Renfro

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YouGrowYourWay said:
Absolutely amazing! I wish I could just chill in one of your rooms lol them lovely ladies! Your girls looks incredible I can't wait to see their rootballs
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Just a 10 gallon shaped ball of dirt and roots. They get dumped right out of the buckets into my truck bed and driven to a buddies country place where he tills them into his garden area each fall.
 
Pa-Nature

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Renfro said:
Just a 10 gallon shaped ball of dirt and roots. They get dumped right out of the buckets into my truck bed and driven to a buddies country place where he tills them into his garden area each fall.
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I use mine to build up around the Golf green and front lawn , Now I have new land I know where its going Next :)
 
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Renfro said:
Day 55 update:

Plants are ripening, fan leaves are giving up their nitrogen to make buds. I plan to put in the 10k bulbs in room B tonite while it's dark.

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Also a pic of my girls Do-Si-Do plant in a 5 gallon bucket on a dolly. Not bad for a mobile plant that's not directly under a light.

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My best from a 5 gallon bucket is 28oz of finished meds. I'm interested to see how that one does. It's pretty!
 
Renfro

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So I got my nanolux 1kW DE CMH lights in today. I'm pleased that I will be able to use my existing reflectors (from Nanolux 1kW DE HPS). All I have to do to switch out at will is change a bulb and plug it in to the proper ballast.

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On a side note, my 10k bulbs don't seem to like my Phantom DE ballasts (room B has all Phantom ballasts). One will go out here and there at random, I have to unplug the ballast and plug it back in to restrike. grrr... makes me keep checking on them. Will report how they do with the Nanolux and Sunsystem ballasts when I load them in Room A.
 
diggs99

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Renfro said:
So I got my nanolux 1kW DE CMH lights in today. I'm pleased that I will be able to use my existing reflectors (from Nanolux 1kW DE HPS). All I have to do to switch out at will is change a bulb and plug it in to the proper ballast.

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On a side note, my 10k bulbs don't seem to like my Phantom DE ballasts (room B has all Phantom ballasts). One will go out here and there at random, I have to unplug the ballast and plug it back in to restrike. grrr... makes me keep checking on them. Will report how they do with the Nanolux and Sunsystem ballasts when I load them in Room A.
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What site did you order the 1k de cmh from?

I was looking at the 1k nanolux on growershouse, it dont look like yours tho

https://growershouse.com/nanolux-1000w-ceramic-metal-halide-cmh-fixture-3k-4k

Is this the same as your?
 
Renfro

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diggs99 said:
What site did you order the 1k de cmh from?

I was looking at the 1k nanolux on growershouse, it dont look like yours tho

https://growershouse.com/nanolux-1000w-ceramic-metal-halide-cmh-fixture-3k-4k

Is this the same as your?
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Thats the same light I have. Mine is just apart in the box, you can either hook the ballast right to the reflector or locate it remotely using an extension.

I ordered from hydrobuilder

https://hydrobuilder.com/nanolux-1000-watt-double-ended-cmh-commercial-grow-light-fixture.html?opts=eyJhdHRyaWJ1dGU4OTUiOiI4MzI5In0=
 
Renfro

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They have a replaceable reflector. They recommend changing the reflector out with the bulb. Honestly I haven't done this, probably should as these have about 3 years on them lol
 
diggs99

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Renfro said:
Thats the same light I have. Mine is just apart in the box, you can either hook the ballast right to the reflector or locate it remotely using an extension.

I ordered from hydrobuilder

https://hydrobuilder.com/nanolux-1000-watt-double-ended-cmh-commercial-grow-light-fixture.html?opts=eyJhdHRyaWJ1dGU4OTUiOiI4MzI5In0=
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i assume you went with the 3100k ?

Ive looked at this light a few times now, at 473.00 it seems like a real good price.

The more i look into leds the more i realize they cost a small fortune, i even looked into building what i want, but the parts are constantly out of stock and on back order. I love the timbers, but 2k watts of timbers is gonna cost me 3000.00 cad lol, that seems absurd. 2k watts of these nanolux would cost me basically half that.

Im starting to gravitate back towards the CMH
 
Renfro

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diggs99 said:
i assume you went with the 3100k ?

Ive looked at this light a few times now, at 473.00 it seems like a real good price.

The more i look into leds the more i realize they cost a small fortune, i even looked into building what i want, but the parts are constantly out of stock and on back order. I love the timbers, but 2k watts of timbers is gonna cost me 3000.00 cad lol, that seems absurd. 2k watts of these nanolux would cost me basically half that.

Im starting to gravitate back towards the CMH
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I got the two pack of them for $644 so thats $322 per light sans bulbs and shipping. I got the 3k bulbs.

Thing I don't like about LED's is they are changing so fast. You pay a fortune only to see something better in a few months. I did get a light from cobkits toplay with on the end of a row, see if it's better than a 400w HPS. Still waiting on it to arrive. It should be in play next run.

I really like playing around with new tech and I have the area to do it. If I were building a big commercial grow I would stick with a mix of DE HPS and DE CMH. Maybe in 10 years go to LED.
 
diggs99

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Renfro said:
I got the two pack of them for $644 so thats $322 per light sans bulbs and shipping. I got the 3k bulbs.

Thing I don't like about LED's is they are changing so fast. You pay a fortune only to see something better in a few months. I did get a light from cobkits toplay with on the end of a row, see if it's better than a 400w HPS. Still waiting on it to arrive. It should be in play next run.

I really like playing around with new tech and I have the area to do it. If I were building a big commercial grow I would stick with a mix of DE HPS and DE CMH. Maybe in 10 years go to LED.
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2 pack for 644.00? that's freakin awesome, hydrobuilder.com , ill have to go take a look.

I was gonna ask why yours was 170.00 more than the growershouse, you got a great deal for 2 of them.

I agree on the LED, i love the idea of going that route, but the further i looked into them the more my head or wallet hurt lol. DIY was gonna be pretty cost effective, put waiting months for parts just don't interest me at this point.
 
Renfro

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diggs99 said:
2 pack for 644.00? that's freakin awesome, hydrobuilder.com , ill have to go take a look.

I was gonna ask why yours was 170.00 more than the growershouse, you got a great deal for 2 of them.

I agree on the LED, i love the idea of going that route, but the further i looked into them the more my head or wallet hurt lol. DIY was gonna be pretty cost effective, put waiting months for parts just don't interest me at this point.
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Back in my network administrator days we called it "The Bleeding Edge" when you pay a fortune for the latest and greatest tech only to have it drop in price and be replaced by something else in a very short time.
 
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